Facino Cane de Casale
Facino Cane de Casale (* 1360 in Casale Monferrato , † May 16, 1412 in Pavia ) was an Italian condottiere .
Life
He was initially in the service of Gian Galeazzo Visconti , the Duke of Milan , who fought against Mantua . After Visconti's death in 1402 he took over the protection of the deceased's sons, Giovanni Maria Visconti , the new duke, and Filippo Maria Visconti . He took over the reign of the new minor Duke Giovanni Maria Visconti and became his grand condottier.
He later moved through northern Italy and won Beatrice, daughter of Wilhelm Lascaris di Ventimiglia , Count of Tenda, as his wife, whose Ligurian family descended from the deposed Byzantine imperial family of the Laskarids .
When Facino lay terminally ill in Pavia in 1412, conspirators took the opportunity to put down the cruel tyrant Giovanni Maria Visconti at the church of San Gottardo in Milan . As Jacob Burckhardt describes in The Culture of the Renaissance in Italy , on the same day the dying Facino made his officers swear to help Filippo Maria Visconti, the brother and heir of the slain Giovanni Maria Visconti. He also suggested that his wife Beatrice di Tenda should marry Filippo Maria after his death, which soon happened. After the Condottiere's death, Beatrice di Tenda handed over his land and troops to Filippo Maria Visconti. In 1418 Beatrice was arrested on charges of adultery with Michele Orombelli and beheaded in Binasco Castle. Her tragic fate was dealt with in the opera Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini in 1833 .
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| SURNAME | Casale, Facino Cane de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Facino, Cane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian condottiere |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1360 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casale Monferrato |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1412 |
| Place of death | Pavia |